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Numbers chapter 1. And the Lord
spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of
the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the
second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel after
their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number
of their names, every male by their poles, from twenty years
old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.
Thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies, And with you
there shall be a man of every tribe, every one head of the
house of his fathers. And these are the names of the
men that shall stand with you. Of the tribe of Reuben, Eliezer
the son of Shedir. Of Simeon, Shalumio the son of
Zorashadai. Of Judah, Noshen the son of Amenadab. Of Issachar, Nathaniel the son
of Zur. of Zebulun, Eliab, the son of
Helan, of the children of Joseph, of Ephraim, Elishma, the son
of Amahad, of Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Padazer, of Benjamin,
Abidin, the son of Gideoni, of Dan, Ahasuer, the son of Amashatai,
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the
tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. And Moses
and Aaron took these men, which are expressed by their names. and they assembled all the congregation
together on the first day of the second month, and they declared
their pedigrees after their families by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward by their poles. As the Lord commanded Moses,
so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. and the children of
Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number
of the names by their poles, every male from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war. Those
that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were
forty and six thousand and five hundred. Of the children of Simeon
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their
fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number
of the names by their poles, every male from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, those
that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were
fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. Of the children of Gad,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, those
that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty
and five thousand, six hundred and fifty. Of the children of
Judah by their generations, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
to war, those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of
Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. Of
the children of Issachar by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war, those that were numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war, those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and
four hundred. of the children of Joseph, namely
of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war. Those that were numbered of them,
even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five
hundred. of the children of Manasseh by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war. Those that were numbered of them,
even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand
and two hundred. Of the children of Benjamin,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, those
that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were
thirty and five thousand and four hundred. Of the children
of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the name from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
to war, those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of
Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. of
the children of Asher by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war. Those that were numbered of them,
even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five
hundred. Of the children of Naphtali,
throughout their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
to war, those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of
Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. These
are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered,
and the princes of Israel, being twelve men, each one was for
the house of his fathers. So were all those that were numbered
of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers. From
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
to war in Israel, even all they that were numbered, were six
hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. But
the Levites, after the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered
among them. For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying, Only
thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum
of them among the children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint
the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the
vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it. They
shall bear the tabernacle and all the vessels thereof, and
they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about
the tabernacle. And when the tabernacle setteth
forward, the Levites shall take it down. And when the tabernacle
is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up, and the stranger
that cometh nigh shall be put to death. And the children of
Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and
every man by his own standard throughout their hosts. but the
Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony,
that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children
of Israel, and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle
of testimony. And the children of Israel did
according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. Chapter 2 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, Every man of the children of
Israel shall pitch by his own standard with the ensign of their
father's house. Far off about the tabernacle
of the congregation shall they pitch, and on the east side toward
the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of
Judah pitch throughout their armies. And Nahshun, the son
of Amminadab, shall be captain of the children of Judah. And
his host and those that were numbered of them were threescore
and fourteen thousand and six hundred. And those that do pitch
next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar. And Nathanael, the
son of Zur, shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
And his host and those that were numbered thereof were fifty and
four thousand and four hundred. Then the tribe of Zebulun, and
Eliab, the son of Helan, shall be captain of the children of
Zebulun. And his host and those that were numbered thereof were
fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. All that were numbered
in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore
thousand and six thousand and four hundred throughout their
armies. These shall first set forth. On the south side shall
be the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies. And the captain of the children
of Reuben shall be Eliezer, the son of Shadyr. And his host,
and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand
and five hundred. And those which pitch by him
shall be the tribe of Simeon. And the captain of the children
of Simeon shall be Shalumiel, the son of Zor Shaddai. And his
host and those that were numbered of them were fifty and nine thousand
and three hundred. Then the tribe of Gad and the
captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliaseph the son of Reul.
And his host and those that were numbered of them were forty and
five thousand and six hundred and fifty. All that were numbered
in the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand
and four hundred and fifty throughout their armies. And they shall
set forth in the second rank. Then the tabernacle of the congregation
shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of
the camp. As they encamp, so shall they set forward every
man in his place by their standards. On the west side shall be the
standard of the camp of Ephraim, according to their armies. And
the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishema, the son of
Amihud. And his host and those that were
numbered of them were forty thousand and five hundred. And by him
shall be the tribe of Manasseh, and the captain of the children
of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel, the son of Padazer. And his host
and those that were numbered of them were thirty and two thousand
and two hundred. Then the tribe of Benjamin, and
the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidin, the son of Gideoni. And his host and those that were
numbered of them were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred
thousand and eight thousand and an hundred throughout their armies.
and they shall go forward in the third rank. The standard
of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies,
and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahasuer, the
son of Amashaddai. And his host and those that were
numbered of them were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
And those that encamp by him shall be of the tribe of Asher,
and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pegiel, the
son of Achron. And his host and those that were
numbered of them were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Then the tribe of Naphtali and the captain of the children of
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enon. And his host and those
that were numbered of them were fifty and three thousand and
four hundred. All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were
an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred.
they shall go hindmost with their standards. These are those which
were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their
fathers. All those that were numbered of the camps throughout
their hosts were 600,000 and 3,550. But the Levites were not
numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded
Moses. And the children of Israel did
according to all that the Lord commanded Moses. So they pitched
by their standards, and so they set forward every one after their
families according to the house of their fathers. Chapter 3. These also are the generations
of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses
in Mount Sinai. And these are the names of the
sons of Aaron, Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons
of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated
to minister in the priest's office. And Nadab and Abihu died before
the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness
of Sinai, and they had no children. and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered
in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Bring the tribe of Levi
near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may
minister unto him. And they shall keep his charge,
and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the
congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. And they shall
keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service
of the tabernacle. And thou shalt give the Levites
unto Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given unto him
out of the children of Israel. And thou shalt appoint Aaron
and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office.
And the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, And I, behold, I have taken the
Levites from among the children of Israel, instead of all the
firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel.
Therefore the Levites shall be mine, because all the firstborn
are mine. For on the day that I smote all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all
the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. Mine shall they
be. I am the Lord. And the Lord spake
unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, Number the
children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families.
Every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he
was commanded. And these were the sons of Levi by their names,
Gershon, and Kohath, and Morarai. And these are the names of the
sons of Gershon by their families, Libnai, and Shimei. And the sons
of Kohath by their families, Amram, and Izahar. Hebron and
Uzziel, and the sons of Morari by their families, Malai and
Mushai. These are the families of the
Levites, according to the house of their fathers. Of Gershon
was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shemites.
These are the families of the Gershonites. Those that were
numbered of them, according to the number of all the males from
a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them
were 7,500. The families of the Gershonites
shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. and the chief of the
house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of
Lael, and the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle
of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent,
the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation. and the hangings of the court,
and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the
tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of
it for all the service thereof. And of Kohath was the family
of the Amorimites, and the family of the Isaharites, and the family
of the Hebronites, and the family of the Asiolites. These are the
families of the Kohathites. In the number of all the males,
from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred,
keeping the charge of the sanctuary. The families of the sons of Kohath
shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward, and the
chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathot
shall be Elazaphan the son of Uzziel. And their charge shall
be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars,
and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and
the hangings, and all the service thereof. And Eleazar the son
of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites,
and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
Of Merari was the family of the Malites, and the family of the
Mushites. These are the families of Merari,
and those that were numbered of them according to the number
of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand
and two hundred. And the chief of the house of
the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of
Abahail. These shall pitch on the side
of the tabernacle northward, And under the custody and charge
of the sons of Morari shall be the boards of the tabernacle,
and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets
thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth
thereto, and the pillars of the court round about, and their
sockets, and their pins, and their cords. But those that encamp
before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle
of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron, and
his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge
of the children of Israel. and the stranger that cometh
nigh shall be put to death. All that were numbered of the
Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of
the Lord throughout their families, all the males from a month old
and upward, were twenty and two thousand. And the Lord said unto
Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children
of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of
their names. And thou shalt take the Levites
for me, I am the Lord, instead of all the firstborn among the
children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all
the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. And
Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among
the children of Israel. And all the firstborn males by
the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that
were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand, two hundred,
and threescore, and thirteen. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the
children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their
cattle. And the Levites shall be mine, I am the Lord. And for
those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore
and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which
are more than the Levites, thou shalt even take five shekels
apiece by the pole, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt
thou take them. The shekel is twenty giras. and
thou shalt give the money wherewith the odd number of them is to
be redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons. And Moses took the
redemption money of them that were over and above them that
were redeemed by the Levites. Of the firstborn of the children
of Israel took he the money, a thousand, three hundred, and
threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron
and to his sons according to the word of the Lord, as the
Lord commanded Moses. Chapter 4 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath
from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, from thirty years old and upward,
even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host to do
the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. This shall
be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the
congregation, about the most holy things. And when the camp
setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they
shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony
with it, and shall put thereon the covering of badgerskins,
and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put
in the staves thereof. And upon the table of showbread
they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes,
and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal. and
the continual bread shall be thereon. And they shall spread
upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with the covering
of badger skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. And they
shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the
light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff dishes,
and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto
it. and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within
a covering of badger skins, and shall put it upon a bar, and
upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover
it with a covering of badger skins, and shall put to the staves
thereof. And they shall take all the instruments
of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them
in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badger
skins, and shall put them on a bar, and they shall take away
the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon,
and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof. Wherewith
they minister about it, even the censers, the flesh hooks,
and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar,
and they shall spread upon it a covering of badger skins, and
put to the staves of it, And when Aaron and his sons have
made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary,
as the camp is to set forward, after that the sons of Kohath
shall come to bear it, but they shall not touch any holy thing,
lest they die. These things are the burden of
the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. And to the
office of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, pertaineth
the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily
meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all
the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary,
and in the vessels thereof. And the Lord spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron, saying, Cut ye not off the tribe of the families
of the Kohathites from among the Levites, but thus do unto
them that they may live and not die. When they approach unto
the most holy things, Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint
them every one to his service and to his burden. But they shall
not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they
die. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon throughout
the houses of their fathers by their families. From thirty years
old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them. all
that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the
tabernacle of the congregation. This is the service of the families
of the Gershonites to serve and for burdens. And they shall bear
the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation,
his covering, and the covering of the badgerskins that is above
upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and the hangings of the court, and the hanging
for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle,
and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the
instruments of their service, and all that is made for them,
so shall they serve. At the appointment of Aaron and
his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites,
in all their burdens, and in all their service. And ye shall
appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. This is the service
of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of
the congregation. And their charge shall be under
the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. As for the
sons of Mirari, thou shalt number them after their families by
the house of their fathers. From thirty years old and upward,
even unto fifty years old, shalt thou number them, every one that
entereth into the service to do the work of the tabernacle
of the congregation. And this is the charge of their
burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of
the congregation. the boards of the tabernacle,
and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets
thereof, and the pillars of the court round about, and their
sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments,
and with all their service. and by name ye shall reckon the
instruments of the charge of their burden. This is the service
of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their
service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand
of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. And Moses and Aaron,
and the chief of the congregation, number the sons of the Kohathites
after their families, and after the house of their fathers, from
thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service for the work in the tabernacle
of the congregation. and those that were numbered
of them by their families were 2,750. These were they that were
numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that by due service
in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number
according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon throughout
their families, and by the house of their fathers, from thirty
years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that
entereth into the service for the work in the tabernacle of
the congregation, even those that were numbered of them throughout
their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand
and six hundred and thirty. These are they that were numbered
of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do
service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses
and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.
and those that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Morari throughout their families by the house of their fathers,
from thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service for the work in the tabernacle
of the congregation. Even those that were numbered
of them after their families were three thousand and two hundred.
These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Morari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word
of the Lord by the hand of Moses. All those that were numbered
of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel
numbered, after their families and after the house of their
fathers, from thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years
old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry and
the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Even those that were numbered of them were 8,504 score. According to the commandment
of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one
according to his service and according to his burden. Thus
were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses. Chapter
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman
shall commit any sin that men commit to do a trespass against
the Lord, and that person be guilty, then they shall confess
their sin which they have done, and he shall recompense his trespass
with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof,
and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. But
if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto,
let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest,
beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be
made for him. And every offering of all the holy things of the
children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall
be his. And every man's hallowed thing shall be his. Whatsoever
any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. And the Lord spake
unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass
against him, and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from
the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled,
and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with
the manner, and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he
be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled. Or if the spirit
of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and
she be not defiled, Then shall the man bring his wife unto the
priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part
of an ephah, barley meal. He shall pour no oil upon it,
nor put frankincense thereon. For it is an offering of jealousy,
an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. And
the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord.
And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and
of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle, the priest
shall take, and put it into the water. And the priest shall set
the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and
put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy
offering. And the priest shall have in
his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse. And the priest
shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no
man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to
uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free
from this bitter water that causeth the curse. But if thou hast gone
aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled,
and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband, then the
priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and
the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse,
and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh
to rot, and thy belly to swell. And this water that causeth the
curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and
thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, Amen,
Amen. And the priest shall write these
curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter
water. And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water
that causeth the curse, and the water that causeth the curse
shall enter into her and become bitter. Then the priest shall
take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall
wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar.
And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, even the memorial
thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterwards shall cause
the woman to drink the water. And when he hath made her to
drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that if she be
defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the
water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become
bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot, and
the woman shall be a curse among her people. And if the woman
be not defiled, but be clean, then she shall be free, and shall
conceive seed. This is the law of jealousies,
when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is
defiled. Or when the spirit of jealousy
cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set
the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon
her all this law. Then shall the man be guiltless
from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. Chapter
6. And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,
When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a
vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD, he
shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink
no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink. Neither shall
he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes or dried.
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is
made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. All
the days of the vow of his separation, there shall no razor come upon
his head. Until the days be fulfilled,
in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy,
and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the
days that he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall come
at no dead body. He shall not make himself unclean
for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister,
when they die. Because the consecration of his
God is upon his head, all the days of his separation he is
holy unto the Lord. And if any man die very suddenly
by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration, then
he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the
seventh day shall he shave it. And on the eighth day he shall
bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And the priest
shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by
the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. And he shall
consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall
bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering. But
the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation
was defiled. And this is the law of the Nazarite
when the days of his separation are fulfilled. He shall be brought
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and he shall
offer his offering unto the Lord, one he-lamb of the first year
without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first
year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without
blemish for peace offerings, and a basket of unleavened bread,
cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened
bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their
drink offerings. And the priest shall bring them
before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt
offering. And he shall offer the ram for
a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket
of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also his
meat offering, and his drink offering. And the Nazarite shall
shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation. and shall take the hair of the
head of his separation and put it in the fire which is under
the sacrifice of the peace offerings. And the priest shall take the
sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the
basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands
of the Nazarite after the hair of his separation is shaven.
And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the
Lord, this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave
shoulder, and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. This
is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering
unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall
get, according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after
the law of his separation. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his son, saying, On this
wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his face
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his
countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put
my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.
Chapter 7 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully
set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it,
and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels
thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them, that the
princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were
the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered,
offered. And they brought their offering before the Lord, six
covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for two of the princes,
and for each one an ox. And they brought them before
the tabernacle. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take
it of them that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle
of the congregation. and thou shalt give them unto
the Levites, to every man according to his service. And Moses took
the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites, two
wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according
to their service, and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the
sons of Morari, according to their service, unto the hand
of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. But unto the sons
of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary
belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that
it was anointed. Even the princes offered their offering before
the altar. And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer
their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of
the altar. And he that offered his offering
the first day was Nachum, the son of Amminadab of the tribe
of Judah. And his offering was one silver
charger. The weight thereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels. one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary. Both of them were full of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meat offering. one spoon of ten shekels
of gold full of incense, one young bullock, one ram, one lamb
of the first year for a burnt offering, one kid of the goats
for a sin offering, and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This
was the offering of Nashun, the son of Aminadab. On the second
day, Nathanael, the son of Zuber, prince of Issachar, did offer.
He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof
was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering. one spoon of gold of ten shekels
full of incense, one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year for a burnt offering, one kid of the goats for a sin offering,
and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the
offering of Nathanael, the son of Zur. On the third day, Eliab,
the son of Helan, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer.
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering, one golden spoon of ten shekels
full of incense, one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year for a burnt offering, one kid of the goats for a sin offering,
and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the
offering of Eliab, the son of Helan. On the fourth day, Eliezer,
the son of Shedir, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer.
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of 130 shekels,
one silver bowl of 70 shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary,
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering,
one golden spoon of 10 shekels full of incense, one young bullock,
one ram, one lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, one
kid of the goats for a sin offering, and for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of
the first year, This was the offering of Eliezer, the son
of Shedir. On the fifth day, Shalumiel,
the son of Zereshaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did
offer. His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was
130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering, one golden spoon of 10 shekels full
of incense, one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year for a burnt offering, one kid of the goats for a sin offering,
and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the
offering of Shelumiel, the son of Zershaddai. On the sixth day,
Eliasaph, the son of Deul, prince of the children of Gad, offered.
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of 130 shekels,
a silver bowl of 70 shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary,
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering,
one golden spoon of 10 shekels full of incense, one young bullock,
one ram, one lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, one
kid of the goats for a sin offering, and for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of
the first year. This was the offering of Eliasaph,
the son of Dul. On the seventh day, Elishema,
the son of Amihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered.
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering, one golden spoon of ten shekels,
full of incense, one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year for a burnt offering, one kid of the goats for a sin offering,
and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the
offering of Elushimah, the son of Amihud. On the eighth day
offered Gamaliel, the son of Padaser, prince of the children
of Manasseh. His offering was one silver charger
of the weight of 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels,
half to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering. one golden spoon of ten shekels,
full of incense, one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering, one kid of the goats, for a sin offering,
and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the
offering of Gamaliel, the son of Pedasser. On the ninth day,
Abidin, the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin,
offered. His offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof
was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering, one golden spoon of ten shekels
full of incense. one young bullock, one ram, one
lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, one kid of the goats
for a sin offering, and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This
was the offering of Abidin, the son of Gideon. On the tenth day,
Ahasuer, the son of Amashaddai, prince of the children of Dan,
offered. His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof
was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels after the shekel
of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering. one golden spoon of ten shekels,
full of incense, one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year for a burnt offering, one kid of the goats for a sin offering,
and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the
offering of Ahazzer, the son of Amishaddai. On the eleventh
day, Pagiel, the son of Achron, prince of the children of Asher,
offered. His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof
was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering. one golden spoon of ten shekels
full of incense, one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year for a burnt offering, one kid of the ghost for a sin offering,
and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the
offering of Pagio, the son of Okrun. On the twelfth day, Ahira,
the son of Enun, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered.
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was 130 shekels,
one silver bowl of 70 shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary,
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering,
one golden spoon of ten shekels full of incense, one young bullock,
one ram, one lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, one
kid of the goats for a sin offering, and for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of
the first year. This was the offering of Ahira,
the son of Enon. This was the dedication of the
altar in the day when it was anointed by the princes of Israel.
Twelve charges of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of
gold, each charger of silver weighing 130 shekels, each bowl
70. All the silver vessels weighed
2,400 shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. The golden
spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing 10 shekels apiece, after
the shekel of the sanctuary. All the gold of the spoons was
an hundred and twenty shekels, all the oxen for the burnt offering
were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first
year twelve, with their meat offering, and the kids of the
goats for sin offering twelve, and all the oxen for the sacrifice
of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty,
the he-goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This
was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. And
when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation
to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto
him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony
from between the two cherubims, and he spake unto him. Chapter
8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and
say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall
give light over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so. He lighted
the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And this work of the candlestick
was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers
thereof, was beaten work, according unto the pattern which the LORD
had showed Moses. So he made the candlestick. And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take the Levites from among the
children of Israel, and cleanse them. And thus shalt thou do
unto them, to cleanse them. Sprinkle water of purifying upon
them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash
their clothes, and so make themselves clean. Then let them take a young
bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with
oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the
congregation, and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of
the children of Israel together. And thou shalt bring the Levites
before the Lord, and the children of Israel shall put their hands
upon the Levites. And Aaron shall offer the Levites
before the Lord for an offering of the children of Israel, that
they may execute the service of the Lord. And the Levites
shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and thou
shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the
Levites. And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before
his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord. Thus
shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel,
and the Levites shall be mine. And after that shall the Levites
go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of
Israel, instead of such as open every womb. Even instead of the
firstborn of all the children of Israel have I taken them unto
me. For all the firstborn of the
children of Israel are mine, both man and beast. On the day
that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified
them for myself. And I have taken the Levites
for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. And I have
given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among
the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of
Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an
atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague
among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come
nigh unto the sanctuary. And Moses and Aaron and all the
congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites
according unto all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. And the
Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes, and Aaron
offered them as an offering before the Lord. And Aaron made an atonement
for them to cleanse them, and after that went the Levites in
to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron
and before his sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses
concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. And the Lord
spake unto Moses, saying, This is it that belongeth unto the
Levites. From twenty and five years old and upward they shall
go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon
the service thereof, and shall serve no more, but shall minister
with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep
the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites,
touching their charge. Chapter 9 And the Lord spake
unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month
of the second year, after they were come out of the land of
Egypt, saying, Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover
at his appointed season, in the fourteenth day of this month
at even. Ye shall keep it in his appointed season, according
to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof
shall ye keep it. And Moses spake unto the children
of Israel, that they should keep the Passover, and they kept the
Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at Even in
the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that the Lord
commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. And there were certain
men who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could
not keep the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses
and before Aaron on that day. And those men said unto him,
We are defiled by the dead body of a man. Wherefore are we kept
back that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed
season among the children of Israel? And Moses said unto them,
Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning
you. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity
shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey
afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover unto the Lord. The fourteenth
day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it
with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They shall leave none
of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it, according to
all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it. But the man
that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to
keep the Passover, Even the same soul shall be cut off from among
his people, because he brought not the offering of the Lord
in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. And if
a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the Passover
unto the Lord according to the ordinance of the Passover, and
according to the manner thereof, so shall he do. Ye shall have
one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in
the land. And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up,
the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony.
And at even there was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance
of fire until the morning. So it was always. The cloud covered
it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. And when the
cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children
of Israel journeyed. And in the place where the cloud
abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. At
the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed,
and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched. As long as
the cloud abode upon the tabernacle, they rested in their tents. And
when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then
the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord and journeyed
not. And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the
tabernacle, according to the commandment of the Lord, they
abode in their tents. And according to the commandment
of the Lord, they journeyed. And so it was, when the cloud
abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken
up in the morning, then they journeyed, whether it was by
day or by night, that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the
cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon the children
of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not. But when it
was taken up, they journeyed. At the commandment of the Lord
they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord
they journeyed. They kept the charge of the Lord at the commandment
of the Lord by the hand of Moses. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver, of a whole piece shalt
thou make them, that thou mayest use them for the calling of the
assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall
blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to
thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And if they
blow but with one trumpet, then the princes which are heads of
the thousands of Israel shall gather themselves unto thee.
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east part
shall go forward. When ye blow an alarm the second
time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take
their journey. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall
blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. And the sons of Aaron,
the priests, shall blow with the trumpets, and they shall
be to you for an ordinance forever throughout your generations.
And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth
you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets, and ye shall
be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved
from your enemies. Also in the day of your gladness,
and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months,
ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and
over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, that they may be to
you for a memorial before your God. I am the Lord your God. And it came to pass on the twentieth
day of the second month in the second year, that the cloud was
taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. And the children
of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai,
and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. And they first took
their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the
hand of Moses. In the first place went the standard
of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies.
And over his host was Nation, the son of Amminadab. And over
the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nathanael,
the son of Zur. And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helan. And
the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the
sons of Morari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. And the standard
of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies. And
over his host was Elisir, the son of Shedir. And over the host
of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shalumiel, the
son of Zereshattai. And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Deul. And the Kohathites
set forward bearing the sanctuary, and the other did set up the
tabernacle against they came. And the standard of the camp
of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies,
and over his host was Elishema, the son of Amihud. And over the
host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel, the
son of Pedazer. And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Benjamin was Abidon, the son of Gideoni. And
the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,
which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their hosts.
And over his host was Ahi-Ezer, the son of Amashaddai. And over
the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pajil,
the son of Achron. And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enon. Thus
were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their
armies when they set forward. And Moses said unto Hobab, the
son of Regul the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying
unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you. Come
thou with us, and we will do thee good, for the Lord hath
spoken good concerning Israel. And he said unto him, I will
not go, but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. And he said, Leave us not, I
pray thee, forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp
in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes, And
it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what
goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto
thee. And they departed from the mount
of the Lord three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of
the Lord went before them in the three days' journey, to search
out a resting place for them. And the cloud of the Lord was
upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. And it came
to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord,
and let thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee flee
before thee. And when it rested, he said,
Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel. Chapter
11 And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord. And the
Lord heard it, and His anger was kindled. And the fire of
the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the
uttermost parts of the camp. And the people cried unto Moses.
And when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.
And he called the name of the place Taborah, because the fire
of the Lord burnt among them. And the mixed multitude that
was among them fell a lusting. And the children of Israel also
wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember
the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely, the cucumbers and
the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic. But
now our soul is dried away. There is nothing at all beside
this manna before our eyes. And the manna was as coriander
seed, and the color thereof as the color of delium. And the
people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or
beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of
it. And the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. And when
the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon
it. Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families,
every man in the door of his tent. And the anger of the Lord
was kindled greatly. Moses also was displeased. And
Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant?
And wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou
layest the burden of all this people upon me? Have I conceived
all this people? Have I begotten them, that thou
shouldst say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father
beareth the sucking child, Unto the land which thou swearest
unto their fathers? When should I have flesh to give
unto all this people? For they weep unto me, saying,
Give us flesh, that we may eat. I am not able to bear all this
people alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if thou deal
thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have
found favor in thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of
the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the
people, and officers over them, and bring them unto the tabernacle
of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. And
I will come down and talk with thee there, and I will take of
the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them, and
they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou
bear it not thyself alone. And say thou unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh. For ye
have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give
us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.
Therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither
ten days, nor twenty days, but even a whole month, until it
come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you, because
that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have
wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? And
Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand
footmen, and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that
they may eat a whole month. Shall the flocks and the herds
be slain for them to suffice them? Or shall all the fish of
the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them? And
the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's hand waxed short?
Thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto
thee or not. And Moses went out, and told
the people the words of the Lord, and gathered the seventy men
of the elders of the people, and set them round about the
tabernacle. And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto
him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto
the seventy elders. And it came to pass that when
the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and did not cease.
But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of
the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit
rested upon them, and they were of them that were written, but
went not out unto the tabernacle, and they prophesied in the camp.
And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and
Medad do prophesy in the camp. And Joshua the son of Nun, the
servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said,
My Lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto him, Envious
thou for my sake? Would God that all the Lord's
people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit
upon them. And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders
of Israel. And there went forth a wind from
the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall
by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as
it were a day's journey on the other side round about the camp,
and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. And
the people stood up all that day and all that night. And all
the next day, and they gathered the quails, he that gathered
least gathered ten homers. And they spread them all abroad
for themselves round about the camp. And while the flesh was
yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the
Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the
people with a very great plague. And he called the name of that
place Kibrothateiavah, because there they buried the people
that lusted. And the people journeyed from Kibrotheteva unto Hazeroth,
and abode at Hazeroth. Chapter 12. And Miriam and Aaron
spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had
married. For he had married an Ethiopian woman. And they said,
Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken
also by us? And the Lord heard it. Now the
man Moses was very meek above all the men which were upon the
face of the earth. And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and
unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle
of the congregation. And they three came out. And
the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the
door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both
came forth, and he said, Hear now my words, if there be a prophet
among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision,
and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who
is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to
mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches. And the similitude
of the Lord shall he behold. Wherefore then were ye not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses? And the anger of the Lord was
kindled against them, and he departed. And the cloud departed
from off the tabernacle, and, behold, Miriam became leprous,
white as snow. And Aaron looked upon Miriam,
and, behold, she was leprous. And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas,
my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein
we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. Let her not be
as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed, when he cometh
out of his mother's womb. And Moses cried unto the Lord,
saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. And the Lord
said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should
she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut out from the
camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days, and the
people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. And afterward
the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness
of Paran. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Send thou
men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give
unto the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers
shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. And Moses,
by the commandment of the LORD, sent them from the wilderness
of Paran. All those men were heads of the children of Israel,
and these were their names. Of the tribe of Reuben, Shemua,
the son of Zachar. Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat,
the son of Hori. Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb,
the son of Jephunneh. Of the tribe of Hezekiah, Igal,
the son of Joseph. Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshiah,
the son of Nun. of the tribe of Benjamin, Paltai,
the son of Raphael, of the tribe of Zebulun, Gadiel, the son of
Sodai, of the tribe of Joseph, namely of the tribe of Manasseh,
Gadai, the son of Susai, of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, the son
of Gamalai, of the tribe of Asher, Seether, the son of Michael,
of the tribe of Naphtholai, Nabai, the son of Vophsi, of the tribe
of Gad, Geul, the son of Machai, These are the names of the men
which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea
the son of Nan Jehoshua. And Moses sent them to spy out
the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way
southward, and go up into the mountain, and see the land, what
it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong
or weak, few or many. and what the land is that they
dwell in, whether it be good or bad, and what cities they
be that they dwell in, whether in tents or in strongholds, and
what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there
be wood therein or not. and be ye of good courage, and
bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of
the first ripe grapes. So they went up, and searched
the land from the wilderness of Zin under Rehob, as men come
to Hamath. And they ascended by the south,
and came unto Hebron, where Ahimon, Shishai, and Talmai the children
of Anak were. Now Hebron was built seven years
before Zoan in Egypt. And they came unto the brook
of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster
of grapes, and they bared between two upon a staff, and they brought
of the pomegranates, and of the figs. The place was called the
brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children
of Israel cut down from thence. And they returned from searching
of the land after forty days. And they went and came to Moses,
and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children
of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh, and brought
back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed
them the fruit of the land. And they told him, and said,
We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it
floweth with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it.
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities are walled and very great. And moreover we saw the children
of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land
of the south, and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites
dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and
by the coast of Jordan. And Caleb stilled the people
before Moses and said, Let us go up at once and possess it,
for we are well able to overcome it. But the men that went up
with him said, Let we be not able to go up against the people,
for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report
of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel,
saying, The land through which we have gone to search it is
a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof, and all the people that
we saw in it are men of great stature. And there we saw the
giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants, and we were
in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Chapter 14 And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried,
and the people wept that night. And all the children of Ezra
murmured against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole congregation
said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt,
or would God we had died in this wilderness! And wherefore hath
the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that
our wives and our children should be a prey? Were it not better
for us to return into Egypt? And they said one to another,
Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Then Moses
and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the
congregation of the children of Israel, and Joshua the son
of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephannah, which were of them
that searched the land, rent their clothes. And they spake
unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land which
we pass through to search it is an exceeding good land. If
the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land
and give it us, a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people
of the land, for they are bred for us. Their defense is departed
from them, and the Lord is with us. Fear them not. But all the
congregation bade stone them with stones, and the glory of
the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all
the children of Israel. And the Lord said unto Moses,
How long will this people provoke me, and how long will it be ere
they believe me? For all the signs which I have
showed among them, I will smite them with the pestilence, and
disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and
mightier than they. And Moses said unto the Lord,
Then the Egyptians shall hear it, For thou broughtest up this
people in thy might from among them, and they will tell it to
the inhabitants of this land. For they have heard that thou,
Lord, art among this people, that thou, Lord, art seen face
to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest
before them by daytime in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of
fire by night. Now if thou shalt kill all this
people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of
thee will speak, saying, Because the Lord was not able to bring
this people into the land which he swear unto them, therefore
he hath slain them in the wilderness. And now I beseech thee, let the
power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity,
and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty. Visit
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity
of this people, according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and
as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt even until now. And the Lord said, I have pardoned
according to thy word. But as truly as I live, all the
earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, because all
those men which have seen my glory and my miracles which I
did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these
ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice, Surely they shall
not see the land which I swear unto their fathers, neither shall
any of them that provoke me see it. But my servant Caleb, because
he had another spirit with him and hath followed me fully, him
will I bring into the land whereunto he went, and his seed shall possess
it. Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites
dwelt in the valley. Tomorrow turn you. and get you
into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. And the Lord
spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, How long shall I bear
with this evil congregation which murmur against me? I have heard
the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur
against me. Say unto them, As truly as I
live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will
I do to you. Your carcasses shall fall in
this wilderness, and all that were numbered of you according
to your whole number from twenty years old and upward, which have
murmured against me. Doubtless ye shall not come into
the land concerning which I swear to make you dwell therein, save
Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. But your
little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring
in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. But as
for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness.
and your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years,
and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the
wilderness. After the number of the days
in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for
a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall
know my breach of promise. I the Lord have said, I will
surely do it unto all this evil congregation that are gathered
together against me. In this wilderness they shall
be consumed, and there they shall die. And the men which Moses
sent to search the land, who returned and made all the congregation
to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, even
those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died
by the plague before the Lord. But Joshua the son of Nun, and
Caleb the son of Jethanna, which were of the men that went to
search the land, lived still. And Moses told these sayings
unto all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into
the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up
unto the place which the Lord hath promised, for we have sinned. And Moses said, Wherefore now
do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord, but it shall not
prosper? Go not up, for the Lord is not
among you, that ye be not smitten before your enemies. For the
Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye
shall fall by the sword, because ye are turned away from the Lord.
Therefore the Lord will not be with you. But they presumed to
go up unto the hilltop. Nevertheless the ark of the covenant
of the Lord and Moses departed not out of the camp. Then the
Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that
hill, and smote them, and discomforted them, even unto Hormah. And the
Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations,
which I give unto you, and will make an offering by fire unto
the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow,
or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feast, to make
a sweet savour unto the Lord of the herd or of the flock,
Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring
a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour, mingled with the fourth
part of an hen of oil. And the fourth part of an hen
of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt
offering, or sacrifice for one lamb. Or for a ram, thou shalt
prepare for a meat offering two-tenth deals of flour mingled with the
third part of an hen of oil. And for a drink offering, thou
shalt offer the third part of an hen of wine for a sweet savor
unto the Lord. And when thou preparest a bullock
for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow,
or peace offerings unto the Lord, then shall he bring with the
bullock a meat offering of three-tenth deals of flour mingled with half
an hen of oil. And thou shalt bring for a drink
offering half an hen of wine. for an offering made by fire
of a sweet savour unto the Lord. Thus shall it be done for one
bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid, according to
the number that ye shall prepare. So shall ye do to everyone according
to their number. All that are born of the country
shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. And if a stranger
sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations,
and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
the Lord, as ye do, so he shall do. One ordinance shall be both
for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that
sojourneth with you. and ordinance forever in your
generations. As ye are, so shall the stranger
be before the Lord. One law and one manner shall
be for you and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them, When ye come into the land, whither I bring
you, Then it shall be, that when ye eat of the bread of the land,
ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord. Ye shall offer
up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering.
As ye do the heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall
ye heave it. Of the first of your dough ye
shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments
which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses, even all that the Lord
hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the
Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations. Then
it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge
of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer
one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour
unto the Lord, with his meat offering, and his drink offering,
according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin
offering, And the priest shall make an atonement for all the
congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven
them. For it is ignorance, and they
shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and
their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance. And
it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children
of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them, seeing
all the people were in ignorance. And if any soul sinned through
ignorance, Then he shall bring a she-goat of the first year
for a sin offering, and the priest shall make an atonement for the
soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance
before the Lord, to make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven
him. Ye shall have one law for him
that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among
the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth
among them. But the soul that doeth aught presumptuously, whether
he be born in the land or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord,
and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Because
he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his
commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off. His iniquity
shall be upon him. And while the children of Israel
were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks
upon the Sabbath day. And they that found him gathering
sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. And they put him inward, because
it was not declared what should be done to him. And the Lord
said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death. All the
congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned
him with stones. And he died, as the Lord commanded
Moses. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that
they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout
their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders
a ribbon of blue. And it shall be unto you for
a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments
of the Lord, and do them. And that ye seek not after your
own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a-whoring,
that ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy
unto your God. I am the Lord your God which
brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the
Lord your God. Chapter 16 Now Korah, the son
of Ishar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan,
and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons
of Reuben, took men, and they rose up before Moses with certain
of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of
the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown, and they gathered
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto
them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are
holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Wherefore
then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord.
And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face, and he spake unto
Korah, and unto all his company, saying, Even tomorrow the Lord
will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to
come near unto him. Even him whom he hath chosen
will he cause to come near unto him. This do, take you censers,
Korah, and all his company, and put fire therein, and put incense
in them before the Lord to-morrow. And it shall be that the man
whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy. Ye take too much
upon you, ye sons of Levi. And Moses said unto Korah, Hear,
I pray you, ye sons of Levi. Seemeth it but a small thing
unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation
of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service
of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation
to minister unto them? And he hath brought thee near
to him, and all thy brethren, the sons of Levi, with thee.
And seek ye the priesthood also? For which cause both thou and
all thy company are gathered together against the Lord? And
what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? And Moses sent to
call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, which said, We will
not come up. Is it a small thing that thou
hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey,
to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether
a prince over us? Moreover, thou hast not brought
us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance
of fields and vineyards. Wilt thou put out the eyes of
these men? We will not come up. And Moses was very wroth, and
said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering. I have not
taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. And
Moses said unto Korah, Be thou in all thy company before the
Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron tomorrow. and take every man
his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the
Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers, thou
also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. And they took every
man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon,
and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
with Moses and Aaron. And Korah gathered all the congregation
against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
And the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation, and
the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, Separate
yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a
moment. And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God
of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou
be wroth with all the congregation? And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about
the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Moses rose up
and went unto Dathan, and Abiram. And the elders of Israel followed
him, and he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from
the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs.
lest ye be consumed in all their sins. So they got up from the
tabernacle, of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. And
Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents,
and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. And
Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to
do all these works, for I have not done them of mine own mind.
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited
after the visitation of all men, then the Lord hath not sent me.
But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth
and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and
they go down quick into the pit, then ye shall understand that
these men have provoked the Lord. And it came to pass, as he had
made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave
asunder that was under them. And the earth opened her mouth
and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that
appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They and all that
appertained to them went down alive into the pit, and the earth
closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation.
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of
them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. And
there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred
and fifty men that offered incense. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that
he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou
the fire yonder, for they are hallowed. the censers of these
sinners against their own souls. Let them make them broad plates
for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before
the Lord. Therefore they are hallowed, and they shall be a
sign unto the children of Israel. And Eliezer the priest took the
brazen censers wherewith they that were burnt had offered,
and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar,
to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger,
which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before
the Lord. that he be not as Korah, and
as his company, as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured
against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people
of the Lord. And it came to pass, when the
congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that
they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation, and behold,
the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. And
Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation,
and the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Get you up from among
this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment.
And they fell upon their faces, and Moses said unto Aaron, Take
a censer. and put fire therein from off
the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation,
and make an atonement for them. For there is wrath gone out from
the Lord. The plague is begun. And Aaron
took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation.
And behold, the plague was begun among the people, and he put
on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood
between the dead and the living, and the plague was stayed. Now
they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven
hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. And
Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and the plague was stayed. Chapter 17 And the
LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel,
and take of every one of them a rod according to the house
of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house
of their fathers, twelve rods. Write thou every man's name upon
his rod, and thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of
Levi. For one rod shall be for the head of the house of their
fathers, and thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation
before the testimony, where I will meet with you. And it shall come
to pass, that the man's rod whom I shall choose shall blossom.
And I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children
of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. And Moses spake
unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes
gave him a rod of peace. For each prince won, according
to their father's houses, even twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron
was among their rods. And Moses laid up the rods before
the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. And it came to pass
that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness,
and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded,
and brought forth buds, and blossomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto
all the children of Israel. And they looked, and took every
man his rod. And the Lord said unto Moses,
Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for
a token against the rebels. And thou shalt quite take away
their murmurings from me, that they die not. And Moses did so. As the Lord commanded him, so
did he. And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold,
we die, we perish, we all perish. Whosoever come of anything near
unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die. Shall we be consumed
with dying? Chapter 18 And the LORD said
unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee
shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and thou and thy sons
with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. And thy brethren
also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou
with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto
thee. But thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the
tabernacle of witness, and they shall keep thy charge, and the
charge of all the tabernacle. Only they shall not come nigh
the vessels of the sanctuary, and the altar, that neither they
nor ye also die. And they shall be joined unto
thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation,
for all the service of the tabernacle. And a stranger shall not come
nigh unto you. And ye shall keep the charge
of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, that there be no
wrath any more upon the children of Israel. And I, behold, I have
taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel.
To you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service
of the tabernacle of the congregation. Therefore thou and thy sons with
thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the
altar and within the veil, and ye shall serve. I have given
your priest office unto you as a service of gift, and the stranger
that cometh nigh shall be put to death. And the Lord spake
unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine
heave offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel.
Unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing. and
to thy sons by an ordinance for ever. This shall be thine of
the most holy things reserved from the fire. Every oblation
of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering
of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they
shall render unto me shall be most holy for thee and for thy
sons. In the most holy place shalt
thou eat it. Every male shall eat it. It shall be holy unto
thee. And this is thine, the heave
offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the
children of Israel, I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons,
and to thy daughters with thee. By a statute forever, everyone
that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. All the best of the
oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits
of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given
thee. And whatsoever is first ripe
in the land which they shall bring unto the Lord shall be
thine. Everyone that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine. Everything that
openeth the matrix in all flesh which they bring unto the Lord,
whether it be of man or beasts, shall be thine. Nevertheless,
the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling
of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem, and those that are to
be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according
to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary which is twenty giras. But the firstling
of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of
a goat thou shalt not redeem, they are holy. Thou shalt sprinkle
their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering
made by fire for a sweet savour unto the Lord. And the flesh
of them shall be thine, as the wave breast, and as the right
shoulder are thine. All the heave offerings of the
holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord,
have I given thee, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee,
by a statute for ever. It is a covenant of salt for
ever before the Lord unto thee, and to thy seed with thee. And
the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in
their land. Neither shalt thou have any part
among them. I am thy part, and thine inheritance
among the children of Israel. And behold, I have given the
children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance,
for their service which they serve, even the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation. Neither must the children of
Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation,
lest they bear sin and die. But the Levites shall do the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall
bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever
throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel
they have no inheritance. But the tithes of the children
of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord,
I have given to the Levites to inherit. Therefore I have said
unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no
inheritance. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take
of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you
from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave
offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as
though it were the corn of the threshing floor, and as the fullness
of the winepress. Thus ye also shall offer an heave
offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive
of the children of Israel. And ye shall give thereof the
Lord's heave offering to Aaron the priest. Out of all your gifts
ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best
thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. Therefore
thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof
from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase
of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress.
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households,
for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of
the congregation. And ye shall bear no sin by reason
of it, when ye have heed from it the best of it. Neither shall
ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest
ye die. Chapter 19 And the Lord spake
unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, This is the ordinance of the
law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children
of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein
is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. And ye shall
give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without
the camp, and one shall slay her before his face. And Eleazar
the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle
of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation
seven times. And one shall burn the heifer
in his sight, her skin and her flesh, and her blood with her
dung shall he burn. And the priest shall take cedarwood,
and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the
burning of the heifer. Then the priest shall wash his
clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water. And afterward
he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean
until the even. And he that burneth her shall
wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and
shall be unclean until the even. And a man that is clean shall
gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp
in a clean place. And it shall be kept for the
congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation.
It is a purification for sin. And he that gathereth the ashes
of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until
the even. and it shall be unto the children
of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for
a statute for ever. He that toucheth the dead body
of any man shall be unclean seven days. He shall purify himself
with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be
clean. But if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh
day he shall not be clean. Whosoever toucheth the dead body
of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth
the tabernacle of the Lord. and that soul shall be cut off
from Israel. Because the water of separation
was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness
is yet upon him. This is the law, when a man dieth
in a tent, all that come into the tent, and all that is in
the tent shall be unclean seven days. And every open vessel which
hath no covering bound upon it is unclean. And whosoever toucheth
one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead
body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven
days. And for an unclean person they
shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification
for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel. And
a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon
the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone,
or one slain, or one dead, or a grave. And the clean person
shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the
seventh day. And on the seventh day he shall
purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
water, and shall be clean and even. But the man that shall
be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut
off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary
of the Lord. The water of separation hath
not been sprinkled upon him, he is unclean. And it shall be
a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water
of separation shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth
the water of separation shall be unclean until even. And whatsoever
the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean, and the soul that
toucheth it shall be unclean until even. Chapter 20 Then came
the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into
the desert of Zin in the first month. And the people abode in
Kadesh, and Miriam died there, and was buried there. And there
was no water for the congregation. And they gathered themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people chode with
Moses and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our
brethren died before the Lord! And why have ye brought up the
congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and
our cattle should die there? And wherefore have ye made us
to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of
figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates. Neither is there any water to
drink. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they
fell upon their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared
unto them, and the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take the
rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou and Aaron thy
brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, and it
shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them
water out of the rock. So thou shalt give the congregation
and their beasts drink. And Moses took the rod from before
the Lord as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered
the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them,
Hear now, ye rebels! Must we fetch you water out of
this rock? And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he
smoked the rock twice. And the water came out abundantly,
and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. And the Lord
spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believe me not to sanctify
me in the eyes of the children of Israel, Therefore ye shall
not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel
strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. And Moses
sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom. Thus saith
thy brother Israel, thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen
us, how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt
in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians vexed us and our fathers. And when we cried unto the Lord,
he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us
forth out of Egypt. And behold, we are in Kadesh,
a city in the uttermost of thy border. Let us pass, I pray thee,
through thy country. We will not pass through the
fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the
water of the wells. We will go by the king's highway.
We will not turn to the right hand, nor to the left, until
we have passed thy borders. And Edom said unto him, Thou
shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the highway,
and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay
for it. I will only, without doing anything else, go through
on my feet. And he said, Thou shalt not go
through. And Edom came out against him
with much people and with a strong hand. Thus Edom refused to give
Israel passage through his border. Wherefore Israel turned away
from him. And the children of Israel, even
the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto Mount
Hor. And the LORD spake unto Moses
and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, for he shall not
enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel,
because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
Take Aaron and Eliezer his son, and bring them up unto Mount
Hor, and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eliezer his
son. And Aaron shall be gathered unto
his people, and shall die there. And Moses did as the Lord commanded.
And they went up into Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eliezer
his son. And Aaron died there in the top
of the mount. And Moses and Eliezer came down
from the mount. And when all the congregation
saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days,
even all the house of Israel. Chapter 21 And when King Arod
the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel
came by the way of the spies, then he fought against Israel,
and took some of them prisoners. And Israel vowed a vow unto the
LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into
my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. And the
Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the
Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities.
And he called the name of the place Hormah. And they journeyed
from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land
of Edom. And the soul of the people was
much discouraged because of the way, and the people spake against
God and against Moses. Wherefore have ye brought us
up out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread,
neither is there any water, and our soul loatheth this light
bread. And the Lord sent fiery serpents
among the people, and they bit the people, and much people of
Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have
sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee. Pray
unto the Lord that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses
prayed for the people, and the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee
a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole, and it shall come to
pass that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall
live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole,
and it came to pass that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld
the serpent of brass, he lived. And the children of Israel set
forward, and pitched in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth,
and pitched at Ajah Abiram in the wilderness which is before
Moab, toward the sun rising. From Thence they removed, and
pitched in the valley of Zerud. From Thence they removed, and
pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness
that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites. For Arnon is
the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. Wherefore it
is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, what he did in the
Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, and at the stream of the
brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon
the border of Moab. And from thence they went to
Beer, that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather
the people together, and I will give them water. Then Israel
sang this song, Spring up, O well, sing ye unto it. The princes
digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, and by
the direction of the lawgiver with their staves. And from the
wilderness they went to Matanah, and from Matanah to Nahaliel,
and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth in the valley
that is in the country of Moab to the top of Pisgah, which looketh
toward Jishaimon. And Israel sent messengers unto
Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land.
We will not turn into the fields or into the vineyards, we will
not drink of the waters of the well, but we will go along by
the king's highway until we be past thy borders. And Sihon would
not suffer Israel to pass through his border. But Sihon gathered
all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness.
And he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel. And Israel smote
him with the edge of the sword and possessed his land from Arnon
unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon. For the border of the
children of Ammon was strong, and Israel took all these cities,
and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon,
and in all the villages thereof. For Heshbon was the city of Sihon,
the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former
king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto
Arnon. Wherefore they that speak in
Proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built
and prepared, for there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame
from the city of Sihon. It hath consumed Ar of Moab,
and the lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of
Chemosh. He hath given his sons that escaped
and his daughters into captivity under Sihon, king of the Amorites.
We have shot at them. Heshbon is perished even unto
Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which
reacheth unto Medibah. Thus Israel dwelt in the land
of the Amorites, and Moses sent to spy out Jehuzar. And they
took the village thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were
there. And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan. And
Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his
people, to the battle of Edrei. And the Lord said unto Moses,
Fear him not, for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his
people, and his land. And thou shalt do to him as thou
didst unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. So they smote him, and his sons,
and all his people, until there was none left him alive, and
they possessed his land. Chapter 22 And the children of
Israel set forward and pitched in the plains of Moab on this
side Jordan by Jericho. And Balak the son of Zippor saw
all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid
of the people, because they were many. And Moab was distressed
because of the children of Israel. And Moab said unto the elders
of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about
us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak
the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. He
sent messengers therefore unto Balaam, the son of Beor, to Pithor,
which is by the river of the land of the children of his people,
to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from
Egypt. Behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide
over against me. Come now, therefore, I pray thee,
curse me this people, for they are too mighty for me. Peradventure
I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive
them out of the land. For I wat that he whom thou blessest
is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. And the elders
of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of
divination in their hand. And they came unto Balaam, and
spake unto him the words of Balak. And he said unto them, Lodge
here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall
speak unto me. And the princess of Moab abode
with Balaam. And God came unto Balaam, and
said, What men are these with thee? And Balaam said unto God,
Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth
the face of the earth. Come now, curse me them. Peradventure
I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. And God said
unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them, thou shalt not curse
the people, for they are blessed. And Balaam rose up in the morning,
and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land,
for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you. And
the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and
said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. And Balak sent yet again
princes more, and more honorable than they. And they came to Balaam,
and said to him, Thus saith Balak, the son of Zippor, Let nothing,
I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me. For I will promote
thee unto very great honor, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest
unto me. Come, therefore, I pray thee,
curse me this people. And Balaam answered and said
unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house
full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord
my God to do less or more. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry
ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will
say unto me more. And God came unto Balaam at night,
and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up and
go with them. But yet the word which I shall
say unto thee, that shalt thou do. And Balaam rose up in the
morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of
Moab. And God's anger was kindled because he went. And the angel
of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him.
Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with
him. And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way,
and his sword drawn in his hand. And the ass turned aside out
of the way, and went into the field. And Balaam smote the ass
to turn her into the way. But the angel of the Lord stood
in a path of the vineyards. a wall being on this side, and
a wall on that side. And when the ass saw the angel
of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's
foot against the wall, and he smote her again. And the angel
of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, for
was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under
Balaam, and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass
with a staff. And the Lord opened the mouth
of the ass, and she sat unto Balaam, What have I done unto
thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? And Balaam
said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me, I would there
were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. And the
ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou
hast written ever since I was thine unto this day? Was I ever
wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. Then the Lord
opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord
standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand. And
he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. And the angel
of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine eyes
these three times? Behold, I went out to withstand
thee, because thy way is perverse before me. And the ass saw me,
and turned from me these three times. Unless she had turned
from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. And Balaam said unto the angel
of the Lord, I have sinned, for I knew not that thou stoodest
in the way against me. Now, therefore, if it displease
thee, I will get me back again. And the angel of the Lord said
unto Balaam, Go with the men. But only the word that I shall
speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the
princes of Balak. And when Balak heard that Balaam
was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which
is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. And Balak
said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee?
Wherefore camest thou not unto me? Am I not able indeed to promote
thee to honour? And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo,
I am come unto thee. Have I now any power at all to
say any thing? The word that God putteth in
my mouth, that shall I speak. And Balaam went with Balak, and
they came unto Kirjath Huzoth. And Balak offered oxen and sheep,
and said to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him, And
it came to pass on the morrow that Balaam took Balaam, and
brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he
might see the utmost part of the people. Chapter 23 And Balaam
said unto Balaam, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me
here seven oxen and seven rams. And Balaam did as Balaam had
spoken. And Balaam and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock
and a ram. And Balaam said unto Balaam,
Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go. Peradventure the
Lord will come to meet me, and whatsoever he showeth me I will
tell thee. And he went to an high place,
and God met Balaam, and he said unto him, I have prepared seven
altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto
Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. And he returned unto him, and,
lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the princes of Moab.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak, the king of Moab,
hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east,
saying, Come, curse me, Jacob, and come, defy Israel. How shall
I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the
Lord hath not defied? For from the top of the rocks
I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo, the people
shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth
part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let
my last end be like his. And Balak said unto Balaam, What
hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies,
and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. And he answered
and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord
hath put in my mouth? And Balak said unto him, Come,
I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest
see them. Thou shalt see but the utmost
part of them, and shalt not see them all, and curse me them from
thence. And he brought him into the field
of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered
a bullock and a ram on every altar. And he said unto Balak,
Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and
said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. And when he came to
him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes
of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What
hath the Lord spoken? And he took up his parable, and
said, Rise up, Balak, and hear. Hearken unto me, thou son of
Zippor. God is not a man, that he should
lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Hath he
said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall
he not make it good? Behold, I have received commandment
to bless, and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. He hath
not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness
in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a
king is among them. God brought them out of Egypt.
He hath, as it were, the strength of a unicorn. Surely there is
no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination
against Israel. According to this time it shall
be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought? Behold,
the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as
a young lion. He shall not lie down until he
eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. And Balak
said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at
all. But Balaam answered and said unto Balaak, Told not I
thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do? And
Balaak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee
unto another place. Peradventure, it will please
God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. And Balak brought
Balaam unto the top of Peor that looked toward Jeshimon. And Balaam
said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me
here seven bullocks and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam
had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. Chapter
24 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel,
he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments. But
he set his face toward the wilderness. And Balaam lifted up his eyes,
and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their
tribes. And the Spirit of God came upon him. And he took up
his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and
the man whose eyes are open hath said, he hath said which heard
the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty falling
into a trance, but having his eyes opened, How goodly are thy
tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are
they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees
of lion aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees
beside the waters. He shall pour the water out of
his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king
shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
God brought him forth out of Egypt. He hath, as it were, the
strength of an unicorn. He shall eat up the nations his
enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through
with his arrows. He couched, he lay down as a
lion, and as a great lion, who shall stir him up? Blessed is
he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. And
Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands
together. And Balak said unto Balaam, I
called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether
blessed them these three times. Therefore now flee thou to thy
place. I thought to promote thee unto great honour, but, lo, the
Lord hath kept thee back from honour. And Balaam said unto
Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest
unto me, saying, If Balak would give me his house full of silver
and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord to
do either good or bad of mine own mind. But what the Lord saith,
that will I speak. And now, behold, I go unto my
people. Come therefore, and I will advertise
thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said, he hath
said which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of
the Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty falling
into a trance, but having his eyes open. I shall see him, but
not now. I shall behold him, but not nigh.
There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise
out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy
all the children of Sheth. And Edom shall be a possession.
Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies, and Israel shall
do valiantly. Out of Jacob shall come he that
shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of
the city. And when he looked on Amalek,
he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations,
but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. And he looked
on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is
thy dwelling-place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. Nevertheless
the Kenites shall be wasted, until Asher shall carry thee
away captive. And he took up his parable, and
said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this? And ships shall
come from the coast of Kittim, and shall afflict Asher, and
shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. And Balaam
rose up, and went and returned to his place. And Balak also
went his way. Chapter 25 And Israel abode in
Shittim. And the people began to commit
whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people
unto the sacrifices of their gods. And the people did eat,
and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto
Baal Peor. And the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Israel. And the LORD said unto Moses,
Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD
against the sun. that the fierce anger of the
Lord may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said unto the
judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined
unto Baal-peor. And behold, one of the children
of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman
in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation
of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation. And when Phinehas, the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from
among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand, and he
went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both
of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly.
So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel, and those
that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,
the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from
the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among
them, that I consume not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace,
and he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant
of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his
God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. Now the
name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with
the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Selu, a prince of
a chief house among the Simeonites. And the name of the Midianitish
woman that was slain, was Cosbai, the daughter of Zur, he was head
over a people and of a chief house in Midian. And the Lord
spake unto Moses, saying, Vex the Midianites, and smite them,
for they vex you with their wiles. Wherewith they have beguiled
you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cosbi, the daughter
of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the
day of the plague for Peor's sake. Chapter 26 And it came
to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses, and
unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, Take the
sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel from twenty
years old and upward, throughout their father's house, all that
are able to go to war in Israel. And Moses and Eleazar the priest
spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho,
saying, Take the sum of the people from twenty years old and upward,
as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which
went forth out of the land of Egypt. Reuben, the eldest son
of Israel, the children of Reuben, Hanak, of whom cometh the family
of the Hanakites, of Paudu, the family of the Pauduites, of Hezron,
the family of the Hezronites, of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
These are the families of the Reubenites, and they that were
numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred
and thirty, and the sons of Paudu, Eliab, and the sons of Eliab,
Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram,
which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and
against Aaron in the company of Korah when they strove against
the Lord. And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them
up together with Korah when that company died. But time the fire
devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not. The sons of
Simeon after their families, of Nemuel, the family of the
Nemuelites, of Jaman, the family of the Jamanites, of Jacob, the
family of the Jacobites, of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites, of
Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. These are the families of the
Simeonites, 20 and 2,200. the children of Gad after their
families, of Ziphon, the family of the Ziphonites, of Hagge,
the family of the Haggites, of Shunai, the family of the Shunites,
of Osnai, the family of the Osnites, of Erai, the family of the Erites,
of Ered, the family of the Eredites, of Arelai, the family of the
Arelites. These are the families of the
children of Gad, according to those that were numbered of them,
40,500. The sons of Judah were Ur and Onan, and Ur and Onan
died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Judah, after
their families, were of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites,
of Phares, the family of the Pharsites, of Zerah, the family
of the Zarhites. And the sons of Pharaohs were
of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites, of Hamel, the family
of the Hamelites. These are the families of Judah,
according to those that were numbered of them, threescore
and sixteen thousand and five hundred. Of the sons of Issachar,
after their families, of Tola, the family of the Tolaites, of
Pua, the family of the Punites, of Jashub, the family of the
Jashubites, of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites, These are
the families of Issachar, according to those that were numbered of
them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. Of the sons
of Zebulun after their families, of Sirid, the family of the Sardites,
of Elon, the family of the Elanites, of Jaleel, the family of the
Jaleelites. These are the families of the
Zebulunites, according to those that were numbered of them, threescore
thousand and five hundred. The sons of Joseph after their
families were Manasseh and Ephraim. Of the sons of Manasseh, of Makar,
the family of the Makarites. And Makar begat Gilead. Of Gilead
come the family of the Gileadites. These are the sons of Gilead.
Of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites. Of Helik, the family
of the Helikites. And of Asreel, the family of
the Asreelites. and of Shechem, the family of
the Shechemites, and of Shemaideh, the family of the Shemaideites,
and of Hefer, the family of the Heferites. And Zelophehad the
son of Hefer had no sons but daughters, and the names of the
daughters of Zelophehad were Mala and Noah, Hagla, Milcah,
and Tirzah. These are the families of Manasseh
and those that were numbered of them, 50 and 2,700. These are the sons of Ephraim,
after their families. Of Shuthala, the family of the
Shuthalaites. Of Beker, the family of the Baccharites.
Of Tehan, the family of the Tehanites. And these are the sons of Shuthala.
Of Aaron, the family of the Aaronites. These are the families of the
sons of Ephraim, according to those that were numbered of them,
30 and 2,500. These are the sons of Joseph, after their families. the sons of Benjamin after their
families, of Bela, the family of the Belaites, of Ashbel, the
family of the Ashbelites, of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites,
of Shufam, the family of the Shufamites, of Hufam, the family
of the Hufamites. And the sons of Bela were Ard
and Naaman, of Ard the family of the Ardites, and of Naaman
the family of the Naamites. These are the sons of Benjamin
after their families, and they that were numbered of them were
forty and five thousand and six hundred. These are the sons of
Dan, after their families. Of Shuhem, the family of the
Shuhemites. These are the families of Dan, after their families.
All the families of the Shuhemites, according to those that were
numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
of the children of Asher after their families, of Jimnah, the
family of the Jimnites, of Jeshuai, the family of the Jeshuites,
of Beriah, the family of the Beraiites, of the sons of Beriah,
of Heber, the family of the Heberites, of Malkiel, the family of the
Malkielites, and the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those
that were numbered of them, who were fifty and three thousand
and four hundred. of the sons of Naphtali after
their families, of Jezio, the family of the Jezialites, of
Gunai, the family of the Gunites, of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites,
of Shilam, the family of the Shilamites. These are the families
of Naphtali according to their families, and they that were
numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
These were the numbered of the children of Israel, 600,000 and
1,730. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance
according to the number of names. To many thou shalt give the more
inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance.
To every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that
were numbered of him. Notwithstanding, the land shall
be divided by lot, according to the names of the tribes of
their fathers they shall inherit. According to the lot shall the
possession thereof be divided between many and few. And these
are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families,
of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites, of Kohath, the family
of the Kohathites, of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
These are the families of the Levites, the family of the Libnites,
the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Molites, the
family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath
begat Amram. And the name of Amram's wife
was Jacobed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to
Levi in Egypt. And she bare unto Amram Aaron
and Moses, and Miriam their sister. And unto Aaron was born Nadab
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And Nadab and Abihu died, when
they offered strange fire before the LORD. And those that were
numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males
from a month old and upward. For they were not numbered among
the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given
them among the children of Israel. These are they that were numbered
by Moses and Eliezer the priest, who numbered the children of
Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. But among
these was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered,
when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of
Sinai. For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die
in the wilderness. And there was not left a man
of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son
of Nun. Chapter 27 Then came the daughters
of Zelophehad, the son of Hephir, the son of Gilead, the son of
Makar, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the
son of Joseph. And these are the names of his
daughters, Mala, Noah, and Hagla, and Milcah, and Tirzah. And they
stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before
the princes, and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, saying, Our father died in the wilderness,
and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves
together against the Lord in the company of Korah, but died
in his own sin and had no sons. Why should the name of our father
be done away from among his family because he hath no son? Give
unto us, therefore, a possession among the brethren of our father.
And Moses brought their cause before the Lord, and the Lord
spake unto Moses, saying, The daughters of Zelophehad speak
right. Thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance
among their father's brethren, and thou shalt cause the inheritance
of their father to pass unto them. And thou shalt speak unto
the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son,
then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. And
if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance
unto his brethren. And if he have no brethren, then
ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. And
if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance
unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he
shall possess it. And it shall be unto the children
of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Avarim,
and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy
people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. For ye rebelled
against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife
of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their
eyes. That is the water of Meribah, in Kadesh, in the wilderness
of Zin. And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, Let the Lord,
the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation. which may go out before them,
and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out,
and which may bring them in, that the congregation of the
Lord be not as sheep, which have no shepherd. And the Lord said
unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom
is the Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him. and set him before
Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation, and give
him a charge in their sight. And thou shalt put some of thine
honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children
of Israel may be obedient. And he shall stand before Eleazar
the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of
Urim before the Lord. At his word shall they go out,
and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the children
of Israel with him, even all the congregation. And Moses did
as the Lord commanded him. And he took Joshua, and set him
before Eliezer the priest, and before all the congregation.
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge as the
Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. Chapter 28 And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, and say
unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifice, is made
by fire. For a sweet savour unto me shall
ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. And thou shalt
say unto them, This is the offering made by fire, which ye shall
offer unto the LORD, two lambs of the first year without spot,
day by day, for a continual burnt offering. The one lamb shalt
thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer
at even. And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat
offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hen of beaten oil.
It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai
for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. and
the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hen
for the one lamb. In the holy place shalt thou
cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for a drink-offering,
and the other lamb shalt thou offer it even, as the meat-offering
of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof thou shalt offer it,
a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
and on the Sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot,
and two-tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled
with oil, and the drink offering thereof. This is the burnt offering
of every Sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering and
his drink offering. And in the beginnings of your
months, ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD, two young
bullocks and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot,
and three-tenth deals of flour for a meat offering mingled with
oil, for one bullock, and two-tenth deals of flour for a meat offering
mingled with oil, for one ram, and a several-tenth deal of flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb, for a burnt offering
of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and
their drink offering shall be half an hen of wine unto a bullock,
and the third part of an hen unto a ram, and a fourth part
of an hen unto a lamb. This is the burnt offering of
every month throughout the months of the year. And one kit of the
goats for a sin offering unto the Lord shall be offered, beside
the continual burnt offering and his drink offering. And in
the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the
Lord, and in the fifteenth day of this month is the Feast. Seven
days shall unleavened bread be eaten. In the first day shall
be an holy convocation. Ye shall do no manner of servile
work therein, but ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for
a burnt offering unto the Lord, two young bullocks, and one ram,
and seven lambs of the first year. They shall be unto you
without blemish. And their meat offering shall
be of flour mingled with oil. Three-tenth deal shall ye offer
for a bullock, and two-tenth deals for a ram. A several-tenth
deal shalt thou offer for every lamb throughout the seven lambs,
and one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning,
which is for a continual burnt offering. After this manner ye
shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. It shall
be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink
offering. And on the seventh day, ye shall have an holy convocation,
ye shall do no servile work. Also in the day of the firstfruits,
when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks
be out, ye shall have an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile
work. But ye shall offer the burnt
offering for a sweet sabre unto the Lord, two young bullocks,
one ram, seven lambs of the first year, and their meat offering
of flour mingled with oil. three-tenth-deals unto one bullock,
two-tenth-deals unto one ram, a several-tenth-deal unto one
lamb throughout the seven lambs, and one kid of the goats to make
an atonement for you. Ye shall offer them beside the
continual burnt offering, and his meat offering. They shall
be unto you without blemish, and their drink offerings. Chapter
29. And in the seventh month, on
the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation.
Ye shall do no servile work. It is a day of blowing the trumpets
unto you. And ye shall offer a burnt offering
for a sweet savor unto the Lord, one young bullock, one ram, and
seven lambs of the first year without blemish. and their meat
offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three-tenth deals for
a bullock, and two-tenth deals for a ram, and one-tenth deal
for one lamb throughout the seven lambs, and one kit of the goats
for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. Beside the
burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the
daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink
offerings, according unto their manner for a sweet savour, a
sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. And ye shall have on the
tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation, and ye shall
afflict your souls, ye shall not do any work therein. But
ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savour,
one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year.
They shall be unto you without blemish, and their meat offering
shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock,
and two tenth deals to one ram, a several tenth deal for one
lamb throughout the seven lambs, one kit of the goats for sin
offering, beside the sin offering of atonement and the continual
burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink
offerings. And on the fifteenth day of the
seventh month, ye shall have an holy convocation, ye shall
do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven
days, and ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord, thirteen young bullocks,
two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year. They shall
be without blemish, and their meat offering shall be of flour
mingled with oil, three tenth-deals unto every bullock of the thirteen
bullocks, two tenth-deals to each ram of the two rams, and
a several tenth-deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs, and
one kit of the goats for a sin offering, beside the continual
burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. And on
the second day, ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams,
fourteen lambs of the first year without spot. And their meat
offering, and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
and for the lambs, shall be according to their number after the manor.
And one kit of the goats for a sin offering, beside the continual
burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink
offerings. And on the third day, eleven
bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without
blemish, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings for
the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according
to their number after the manor. And one goat for a sin offering,
beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his
drink offering, And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and
fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish, their meat-offering
and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and
for the lambs shall be according to their number after the manor.
And one kit of the goats for a sin-offering, beside the continual
burnt-offering, his meat-offering and his drink-offering. And on
the fifth day, nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without spot, and their meat-offering and their
drink-offering for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs
shall be according to their number after the manor, and one goat
for a sin-offering, beside the continual burnt-offering, and
his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. And on the sixth day, eight bullocks,
two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish.
And their meat offering, and their drink offerings for the
bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs shall be according
to their number after the manor. And one goat for a sin offering
beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink
offering. And on the seventh day, seven
bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without
blemish. And their meat offering, and their drink offerings for
the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs shall be according
to their number after the manor. And one goat for a sin offering
beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink
offering. On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly,
ye shall do no servile work therein, but ye shall offer a burnt offering,
a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord,
one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish.
Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullet,
for the ram, and for the lamb shall be according to their number
after the manner. And one goat for a sin offering,
beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his
drink offering. These things ye shall do unto
the Lord in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill
offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings,
and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
And Moses told the children of Israel, according to all that
the Lord commanded Moses. Chapter 30 And Moses spake unto
the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying,
This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. If a man vow
a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with
a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to
all that proceedeth out of his mouth. If a woman also vow a
vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's
house in her youth, and her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith
she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace
at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith
she hath bound her soul shall stand. But if her father disallow
her in the day that he heareth, not any of her vows, or of her
bonds, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand. and the
Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. And
if she had at all in husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought
out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, and her husband
heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard
it, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound
her soul shall stand. But if her husband disallowed
her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow
which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith
she bound her soul, of none effect, and the Lord shall forgive her.
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith
they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. And
if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a
bond with an oath, and her husband heard it, and held his peace
at her, and disallowed her not, then all her vows shall stand,
and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. But
if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard
them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her
vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand.
Her husband hath made them void, and the Lord shall forgive her.
Every vow and every binding oath to afflict the soul her husband
may establish it, or her husband may make it void. But if her
husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then
he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds which are upon
her. He confirmeth them, because he
held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. But if
he shall any ways make them void, after that he hath heard them,
then he shall bear her iniquity. These are the statutes which
the Lord commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between the
father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's
house. Chapter 31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge
the children of Israel of the Midianites. Afterward shalt thou
be gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people,
saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go
against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian. of every
tribe, a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel shall
ye send to the war. So there were delivered out of
the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand
armed for war. And Moses sent them to the war,
a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,
the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments and the
trumpets to blow in his hand. And they warred against the Midianites,
as the Lord commanded Moses, and they slew all the males.
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that
were slain, namely Evi, and Recham, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five
kings of Midian. Balaam also, the son of Beor,
they slew with the sword. And the children of Israel took
all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took
the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all
their goods. And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt,
and all their goodly castles with fire. And they took all
the spoil and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. And they
brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil unto Moses,
and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children
of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by
Jordan near Jericho. And Moses, and Eleazar the priest,
and all the princes of the congregation went forth to meet them without
the camp. And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host,
with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds which
came from the battle. And Moses said unto them, Have
ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children
of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass
against the Lord in the matter of Peor. And there was a plague
among the congregation of the Lord. Now therefore kill every
male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known
man by lying with him. But all the women children that
have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. And do ye abide without the camp
seven days. Whosoever hath killed any person,
and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves
and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
and purify all your raiment. And all that is made of skins,
and all work of goat's hair, and all things made of wood.
And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to
the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded
Moses. only the gold and the silver,
the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead. Everything that
may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire,
and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall be purified
with the water of separation. And all that abideth not the
fire, ye shall make go through the water. And ye shall wash
your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean. And afterward,
ye shall come into the camp. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and
of beast, thou and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers
of the congregation, and divide the prey into two parts, between
them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between
all the congregation. And levy a tribute unto the Lord
of the men of war which went out to battle, one soul of five
hundred, both of the persons, and of the beaves, and of the
asses, and of the sheep. Take it of their half, and give
it unto Eleazar the priest for an heave offering of the Lord.
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion
of fifty, of the persons, of the beaves, of the asses, and
of the flocks of all manner of beasts. and give them unto the
Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of
war had caught, was six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand,
and five thousand sheep, and threescore and twelve thousand
beaves, and threescore and one thousand asses, and thirty and
two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man
by line with him. And the half, which was the portion
of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand
and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep. And the
Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and
fifteen, and the beaves were thirty and six thousand, of which
the Lord's tribute was threescore and twelve. And the asses were
thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the Lord's tribute was
threescore and one. And the persons were sixteen
thousand, of which the Lord's tribute was thirty and two persons.
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's heave offering,
unto Eliezer the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. And of
the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the
men that warred, Now the half that pertained unto the congregation
was 300,000 and 30,000, and 7,000 and 500 sheep, and 30,000 and
6,000 beaves, and 30,000 asses and 500, and 16,000 persons.
Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion
of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the
Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord,
as the Lord commanded Moses. And the officers which were over
thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of
hundreds, came near unto Moses. And they said unto Moses, Thy
servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under
our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. We have therefore
brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of
jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets,
to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. And Moses
and Eliezer the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought
jewels, and all the gold of the offering that they offered up
to the Lord of the captains of thousands, and of the captains
of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels,
for the men of war had taken spoil every man for himself.
And Moses and Eliezer the priest took the gold of the captains
of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle
of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before
the Lord. Chapter 32 Now the children of Reuben, and the children
of Gad, had a very great multitude of cattle. And when they saw
the land of Jazar, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the
place was a place for cattle, the children of Gad, and the
children of Reuben, came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar
the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
Atorath, and Dibon, and Jazar, and Nimra, and Heshbon, and Eliella,
and Shebam, and Nebo, and beyond, even the country which the LORD
smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle,
and thy servants have cattle. Wherefore said they, If we have
found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants
for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. And Moses said
unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall
your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? And wherefore
discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going
over into the land which the Lord hath given them? Thus did
your fathers, when I sent them from Cajas Barnea, to see the
land. For when they went up into the
valley of Eshcor, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart
of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land
which the Lord had given them. And the Lord's anger was kindled
the same time. And he sware, saying, Surely
none of the men that came up out of Egypt from twenty years
old and upward shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, because they have not wholly followed
me, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the
son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the Lord. And the Lord's
anger was kindled against Israel, And he made them wander in the
wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done
evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed. And behold, ye
are risen up in your father's stead an increase of sinful men,
to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel. For
if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them
in the wilderness, and ye shall destroy all this people. And
they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds
here for our cattle and cities for our little ones. But we ourselves
will go ready-armed before the children of Israel until we have
brought them unto their place. And our little ones shall dwell
in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
We will not return unto our houses until the children of Israel
have inherited every man his inheritance. For we will not
inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward, because our
inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan, eastward. And Moses said unto them, If
ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord
to war, and will go all of you armed over Jordan before the
Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
and the land be subdued before the Lord, Then afterward ye shall
return and be guiltless before the Lord and before Israel, and
this land shall be your possession before the Lord. But if ye will
not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord. and be sure
your sin will find you out. Build you cities for your little
ones, and folds for your sheep, and do that which hath proceeded
out of your mouth. And the children of Gad and the
children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will
do as my Lord commandeth. Our little ones, our wives, our
flocks, and all our cattle shall be there in the cities of Gilead.
But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before
the Lord to battle, as my Lord saith. So concerning them, Moses
commanded Eliezer the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and
the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel. And
Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed
to battle before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before
you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession.
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan. And the children
of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord
hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. We will pass over
armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan. that the possession
of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. And Moses
gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of
Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph,
the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom
of Og, king of Bashan, the land with the cities thereof in the
coasts, even the cities of the country round about. And the
children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aror, and Aproth,
Shofan, and Jeazar, and Jogbaha, and Bethnimrah, and Bethharon,
fenced cities, and folds for sheep. And the children of Ruban
built Heshbon, and Eliela, and Kirjath-theum, and Nebo, and
Baal-meon, their names being changed, and Shibma, and gave
other names unto the cities which they builded. And the children
of Makar, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead, and took it,
and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. And Moses gave
Gilead unto Makar, the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt therein.
And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the small towns
thereof, and called them Havoth-Jair. And Nobah went and took Kenath,
and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah after his own
name. Chapter 33 These are the journeys
of the children of Israel which went forth out of the land of
Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys
by the commandment of the Lord. And these are their journeys
according to their goings out. And they departed from Ramesses
in the first month on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the
morrow after the Passover, the children of Israel went out with
an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. For the Egyptians
buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them.
Upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments. And the children
of Israel removed from Ramesses, and pitched in Succoth. And they
departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is the edge of
the wilderness. And they removed from Etham, and turned again
unto Piahiroph, which is before Baal-zivhon. And they pitched
before Migdal. And they departed from before
Piahiroph, and passed through the midst of the sea into the
wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of
Etham, and pitched in Merah. And they removed from Merah,
and came into Elam. And in Elam were twelve fountains
of water, and threescore and ten palm trees, and they pitched
there. And they removed from Elam, and encamped by the Red
Sea. And they removed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the
wilderness of Sin. And they took their journey out
of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Davka. And they departed
from Davka, and encamped in Elish. And they removed from Elish,
and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to
drink. And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the
wilderness of Sinai. and they removed from the desert
of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothateva, and they departed from Kibrothateva,
and encamped at Haziroth, and they departed from Haziroth,
and pitched in Rithma, and they departed from Rithma, and pitched
at Rimenpeiris, and they departed from Rimenpeiris, and pitched
in Libna, and they removed from Libna, and pitched at Rissa,
and they journeyed from Rissa, and pitched in Kihalatha, and
they went from Kihalatha, and pitched in Mount Shepherd, and
they removed from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Heredah, and
they removed from Heredah, and pitched in Machiloth, and they
removed from Machiloth, and encamped at Tahath, and they departed
from Tahath, and pitched at Terah, and they removed from Terah,
and pitched in Mithka, and they went from Mithka, and pitched
in Hashmonah, and they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped
at Mosiroth, and they departed from Mosiroth, and pitched in
Bene Jeuchon, And they removed from Beneteachon, and encamped
at Horegidgad. And they went from Horegidgad,
and pitched in Jotbetha. And they removed from Jotbetha,
and encamped in Ebrona. And they departed from Ebrona,
and encamped at Eseon-Gabor. And they removed from Ezean-geber,
and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadish. And
they removed from Kadish, and pitched in Mount Hor, in the
edge of the land of Edom. And Aaron the priest went up
into Mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there,
in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come
out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when
he died in Mount Hor. And king Arad, the Canaanite,
which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the
coming of the children of Israel. and they departed from Al-Hur
and pitched in Salmonah, and they departed from Salmonah and
pitched in Punan, and they departed from Punan and pitched in Oboth,
and they departed from Oboth and pitched in Ajah Aburim in
the border of Moab, and they departed from Ayan and pitched
in Dibungad, and they removed from Dibungad and encamped in
Almun-Dibluthayim, and they removed from Almun-Dibluthayim and pitched
in the mountains of Aburim before Nebo, And they departed from
the mountains of Avarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab
by Jordan near Jericho. And they pitched by Jordan from
Beth Jesimoth, even unto Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan
near Jericho, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of
Canaan, Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land
from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy
all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high
places. And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants
of the land and dwell therein. For I have given you the land
to possess it, and ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance
among your families. And to the more ye shall give
the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less
inheritance. Every man's inheritance shall
be in the place where his lot falleth, according to the tribes
of your fathers ye shall inherit. But if ye will not drive out
the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come
to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks
in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the
land wherein ye dwell. Moreover, it shall come to pass,
that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. Chapter
34 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children
of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of
Canaan, this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance,
even the land of Canaan, with the coast thereof. Then your
south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin, along by the
coast of Edom, and your south quarter shall be the outmost
coast of the salt sea eastward, and your border shall turn from
the south to the ascent of Akrabim, and pass on to Zin, and the going
forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh Barnea, and shall
go on to Hazar Adur, and pass on to Asman. And the border shall
fetch a compass from Asman unto the river of Egypt, and the goings
out of it shall be at the sea. And as for the western border,
ye shall even have the great sea for a border. This shall
be your west border, and this shall be your north border, from
the great sea ye shall point out for you Mount Hor. From Mount
Hor, ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath,
and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad, and the border
shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at
Hazarinan. This shall be your north border.
and ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenen to Shefem,
and the coast shall go down from Shefem to Riblah, on the east
side of Ain, and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto
the side of the sea of Kinnereth eastward. And the border shall
go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt
sea. This shall be your land, with the coasts thereof round
about. And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This
is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded
to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe. For the
tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the house of their
fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to
the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance, and
half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. The
two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance
on this side, Jordan, near Jericho, eastward, toward the sun rising.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, These are the names of
the men which shall divide the land unto you, Eleazar the priest,
and Joshua the son of Nun. And ye shall take one prince
of every tribe to divide the land by inheritance. And the
names of the men are these, Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the
son of Jephunneh, and of the tribe of the children of Simeon,
Shemuel, the son of Amahad, and of the tribe of Benjamin, Eliadad,
the son of Kislon, and the prince of the tribe of the children
of Dan, Buccai, the son of Joglai, the prince of the children of
Joseph for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Haniel, the son
of Ephod, and the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim,
Chemuel, the son of Shiftan, and the prince of the tribe of
the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan, the son of Parnac, and the prince
of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel, the son
of Azon, and the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher,
Ahaihad, the son of Shalomai, and the prince of the tribe of
the children of Naphtali, Petahel, the son of Amaihad. These are
they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto
the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. Chapter 35 And
the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab, by Jordan,
near Jericho, saying, Command the children of Israel, that
they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession
cities to dwell in. And ye shall give also unto the
Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. And the cities
shall they have to dwell in, and the suburbs of them shall
be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their
beasts. And the suburbs of the cities
which ye shall give unto the Levites shall reach from the
wall of the city, and outward a thousand cubits round about.
And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two
thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and
on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side
two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst. This
shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. And among the
cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six
cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that
he may flee thither, and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be
forty and eight cities. Them shall ye give with their
suburbs. And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the
possession of the children of Israel. From them that have many
ye shall give many, but from them that have few ye shall give
few. Every one shall give of his cities
unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them, When ye become over Jordan into
the land of Canaan, Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities
of refuge for you, that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth
any person at unawares. And they shall be unto you cities
for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until
he stand before the congregation in judgment. And of these cities
which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge. Ye
shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities
shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities
of refuge. These six cities shall be a refuge,
both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for
the sojourner among them, that every one that killeth any person
unawares may flee thither. And if he smite him with an instrument
of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer. The murderer shall
surely be put to death. And if he smite him with throwing
a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be
put to death. Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood,
wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer. The murderer
shall surely be put to death. The revenger of blood himself
shall slay the murderer. When he meeteth him, he shall
slay him. But if he thrust him of hatred,
or hurl at him by laying of weight, that he die. Or an enmity smite
him with his hand, that he die. He that smote him shall surely
be put to death, for he is a murderer. The revenger of blood shall slay
the murderer, when he meeteth him. But if he thrust him suddenly
without enmity, or have cast upon him anything without laying
of weight, or with any stone wherewith a man may die, seeing
him not, and cast it upon him that he die, and was not his
enemy, neither sought his harm, then the congregation shall judge
between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments.
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of
the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him
to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled, and he shall abide
in it unto the death of the high priest which was anointed with
the holy oil. But if the slayer shall at any
time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither
he was fled, and the revenger of blood find him without the
borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill
the slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood. because he should have
remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest.
But after the death of the high priest, the slayer shall return
into the land of his possession. So these things shall be for
a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in
all your dwellings. Whoso killeth any person, the
murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses. But
one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him
to die. Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life
of a murderer, which is guilty of death. But he shall be surely
put to death. And ye shall take no satisfaction
for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should
come again to dwell in the land until the death of the priest.
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are, for blood it
defileth the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood
that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit wherein
I dwell, for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.
Chapter 36. And the chief fathers of the
families of the children of Gilead, the son of Makar, the son of
Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near
and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers
of the children of Israel. And they said, The Lord commanded
my Lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the
children of Israel. And my Lord was commanded by
the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad, our brother, unto
his daughters. And if they be married to any
of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then
shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers,
and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe, whereunto they
are received. So shall it be taken from the
lot of our inheritance. And when the jubilee of the children
of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto
the inheritance of the tribe, whereunto they are received.
So shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance
of the tribe of our fathers. And Moses commanded the children
of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe
of the sons of Joseph hath said well. This is the thing which
the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehan,
saying, Let them marry to whom they think best. Only to the
family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. So shall
not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to
tribe. For every one of the children
of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe
of his fathers. And every daughter that possesseth
an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall
be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that
the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of
his fathers. Neither shall the inheritance
remove from one tribe to another tribe, but every one of the tribes
of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.
For Melah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters
of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brother's sons,
and they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh,
the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe
of the family of their father. These are the commandments and
the judgments which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses
unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan
near Jericho.
Holy BIBLE NUMBERS (William Tyndale Majority Transcript)
Series POWER14745 GLOBAL GOSPEL RADIO
The narrative details laws and instructions given to the Israelites by Moses, covering inheritance laws for Zelophehad's daughters, refuge cities for accidental manslaughter, and the importance of maintaining tribal inheritance. Specific instructions are provided regarding marriage within the tribe and the consequences of violating these laws, ensuring the preservation of tribal land and lineage according to God's commands.
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